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I'll tell you what...I really enjoyed the other board. I was unable to post on there, but I saw some very intelligent posters. Mr. Optimism seemed like a dick though.

I honestly can't "fathom" how Anderson's going to be a solid hitter with his current swing. It's so ugly. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was a pitcher batting some of the time.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 2, 2006 -> 07:59 PM) As far as I can tell we should still have him through the end of 08.

QUOTE(SpringfieldFan @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:49 PM) Yeah, I appreciate your concern for his health and what he can do when healthy, but seriously - he is out of the dugout maybe ten minutes a game total. I am missing the logic here - I really am. How about the fact he's looked awful at the plate for over a week now, and his timing looks way off? If we get 125 games out of Thome, I'll be thrilled.

QUOTE(T R U @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:45 PM) I really dont think we should ever put out anything less than our best lineup against Cleveland.. especially with the team they have If there was ever a game where it was going to happen, it was today. This road trip was a very tough schedule, and we should be thrilled that we went 5-3 on it.

QUOTE(JimH @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:41 PM) The White Sox were behind the 8 ball after the first inning. Even if Guillen hadn't started the subs they would've played anyways. It wasn't Buehrle's day today. Yep...it happens. This is only the third time this season where we were just outplayed from the start, and didn't have a chance. If you can consistently stay in games at a 85-90 pct rate, you're going to win a lot of games.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:34 PM) I don't think anyone cares to be perfectly honest. I do

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:33 PM) 1-0 pirates, over the cubs, top of the 1st. i dont know if that makes anyone feel any better so far The Pirates are 7-20.....they'll find a way to lose.

Kudos to Logan for some quality innings this series.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:24 PM) And I certainly hope they are cautious with Dye, especially since Mack is now apparently finding a groove. The only problem is that if Mackowiak needs to play in RF, we have no one to replace Anderson in CF. For all the quality ABs that Anderson had last week, he's off to a pathetic start this week.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:21 PM) I'm glad I'm stuck studying for finals instead of watching this game. Talk about a pathetic pitching performance. His line is almost enough to puke--5.2IP, 13 hits, 3 walks, 7 earned runs. Someone can say (and I'm sure they will), "OMG, I knew someone would complain," but I don't expect our ace to do this against a divisional rival. Considering they weren't exactly fooled by him opening day, I'd say it's time for him to man up against Cleveland next start. I've said this before, and I'll say it again.....Buehrle has his worked cut out for him this year vs this Indians lineup. They're loaded against LHP.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:20 PM) Without the Sunday lineups, we would have not had the gas we did in the post-season. Therefore, no championship. There's absolutely no way to know that. Without our pitching staff being incredible, there's likely no championship. It's not like our hitters tore the cover off the ball in the World Series. It's too hard to tell that if what worked last year, will work this year. Lets just hope Dye can get healthy soon.

Well....at least Jenks was great last night, and bailed out Ozzie, Cotts, and McCarthy. Assuming we lose today, a 5-3 trip is excellent.

Who would have ever thought that our 6-7-8-9 would be 2-14 today??

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:18 PM) We won the division last year because we attacked our division. Our sunday lineups were for other teams. We changed our rotation middle of the season so the top of our rotation would face our division more. We were not resting 3 and 4 starters against the Indians and the Twins last year.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:15 PM) I'm not sure if Buerhle helped the cause much... Of course. We lose today's game no matter who was playing.

QUOTE(Melissa1334 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:14 PM) jeeze, juan and anderson are terrible. maybe we can trade anderson for murton, move pods to center >yea, anderson might become an all-star, but he clearly isnt ready. jeeze, i dont even think chris young would be doing as poorly if he was on the team. :banghead Ha...not a chance in hell Cubs would trade Murton for Anderson. Also, if you put Pods in CF, this team won't make the playoffs.

QUOTE(KevHead0881 @ May 2, 2006 -> 06:10 PM) Kinda sounds familiar... Dye is hurt, Podsednik and Pierzynski don't play against lefties very often, and Thome has played every game this year. Dye started the game. He's not part of the 3 starters out that we're mad about. I have no problem with Thome sitting today. However, Pods should have definitely been in the lineup. It's not a big deal though....hopefully Ozzie realizes that his 33 pct off lineups are 0-2 now, while his normal starting lineups with Pods, Iguchi, Thome, PK, Dye, AJP, Crede, Uribe, and Anderson have an extremely high winning pct so far.

What happened with Widger and his head injury?

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ May 2, 2006 -> 05:36 PM) Everybody here that rips Ozzie for his Sunady lineup, I just flipped to the Cards game during the commercial and Larussa has Pujols,Rolen, and Edmonds on the bench today, thats like ozzie benching Thome,Konerko, and Dye on the same day. You do know that Rolen is sick, and that Edmonds doesn't play against lefties every day. The only guy who's getting a break is Pujols, and he's played every game this year.

I'm going to lunch for an hour. When I get back, I better see the Sox up 5-3, with Anderson hitting a grand slam. Bring us a win jphat!

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ May 2, 2006 -> 04:59 PM) Against this team, with their bullpen, and with rain potentially on the way? I think you'd be better off thinking about the strategy. I have no clue how close the rain is to coming. If it's going to be there within the hour, then you think of that. However, we needed a hit to score some runs. If we were up 3-0, then I'd say take until you get a strike.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ May 2, 2006 -> 04:55 PM) Why do you say that?? Because Buehrle has nothing. It would have been more frustrating if Buehrle pitched great, and we went on to lose the game 1-0. And yes, I know it's not over. However, I can't see Buehrle keeping the Indians to only 3 runs, and our lineup lacks serious punch today.

QUOTE(Jenks Heat @ May 2, 2006 -> 04:55 PM) You can add Mackowiak to the list of guys that should be looking until they get a strike especially after the long at-bat by Konerko. At some point, you have to be more worried about trying to get a hit than working the count. Mackowiak against C.C. is a bad match-up. I have no problem with Mackowiak trying to get a hit without taking a strike. He's a streaky hitter, and is coming off his best game of the year.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ May 2, 2006 -> 04:53 PM) This is now the worst sox lineup i have seen since jerry manuel days. I'm almost happy we're playing the Indians, who could and would have likely beat us with our normal lineup today. It's better than trotting this lineup out against the Royals, and losing to them.